David Cameron could inherit a dysfunctional Whitehall machine unable to deliver his programme if he wins the general election, a damning report into the state of the civil service under Gordon Brown concludes
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FT on 17th Jan 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
In preparation of potentially moving into Downing Street, David Cameron has declared an 'understanding' with Whitehall civil servants that will make the process of governing easier.
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PoliticsCoUk on 9th Dec 2008 (via politics.co.uk)
David Cameron has announced the launch of a National Citizen Service at his first press conference of the General Election campaign.
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Telegraph on 8th Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
DAVID Cameron has ordered the head of the civil service to review contacts between the media and Whitehall departments in the wake of the phone- hacking scandal.
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Scotsman on 20th Jul 2011 (via news.scotsman.com)
David Cameron has been mocked by Labour after he gave civil service jobs to a photographer and film-maker who used to work for the Conservative party before the election.
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Telegraph on 3rd Nov 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron has pledged to crack down on bonuses in the civil service after government departments admitted yesterday that they have made five-figure payments to senior officials.
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David Cameron and members of his shadow Cabinet have started formal talks with Sir Gus O'Donnell and senior civil servants about forming the next Government The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
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Telegraph on 6th Mar 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Gordon Brown yesterday finally gave his approval for David Cameron and the shadow cabinet to hold meetings with Britain's most senior civil servants to brief them on Tory plans for government. But the prime minister, who believes the Conservatives have been running moles at the heart of Whitehall, warned Cameron not to leak details of the meetings. No 10 insiders described the letter as a "sl...
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Guardian on 20th Dec 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
David Cameron has criticised a "cultural problem" among civil servants who feel they have to spend money rather than save it.
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Telegraph on 6th Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron has today launched a petition calling for an immediate General Election: David Cameron: "I think the scale of the problems facing Britain today - the recession, the debt crisis, and above all the political crisis - all point in one direction. I think there is now only one way of sorting out the mess, and that is for Parliament to be dissolved and for a General Election to be held rig...
David Cameron has called for an immediate general election (which is to say, in the autumn) following the Glasgow East spectacular. You may recall that he was also calling for an immediate general election at about this time last year. Will the Tories capitalise on Labour's defeat by the SNP - It was universally believed then that he did not mean it, since Gordon Brown would almost certainly have ...
